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Name: Inkwell
Timezone: Central Time
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Characters in Game (previously too): Previously Signless, for a very very short amount of time.
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: The Signless (Kankri Vantas)
Canon: Homestuck
Gender: Male
Age: 14 solar sweeps / about 30 in human years
Suitability: N/A
Species: Homestuck Troll
Genitalia: Tentabulge/nook combination, tentabulge tucked away when not aroused. Kind of prehensile in exchange for being kind of hard to control with any degree of accuracy beyond 'grab thing and squeeze'. Bright obnoxious red with cute lil spots down both sides, longer than a human dick (about nine inches).
Canon Point: Pre-execution, maybe about half a sweep off.
World/Setting: N/A
History: Before the Signless was Signless, he was Kankri Vantas in an entirely different iteration of his universe on a planet aptly called 'Beforus'. Kankri was loud, obnoxious, and obsessive about social justice in a misguided but well-meaning way. As a mutant-blooded troll whose blood color fell outside the usual hemospectrum, he was inevitably treated differently than his peers, something that made him uncomfortable and effected his personality negatively. Even if it wasn't necessarily negative treatment in Beforus's very peaceful and loving society, being seen more like a sheltered pet than an actual person wasn't something Kankri enjoyed.
When he and eleven of his friends played Sgrub, a computer game that ends the world and pulls the players into the game in order to create a new universe, they found themselves woefully unprepared because of their predominantly nonviolent society and because of inter-player issues. Kankri attempted to lead, but no one really took him seriously because of his overbearing nature. Eventually, the group decided to 'scratch', or reset the game and their own universe in order to give another group of players a better chance at winning.
This reset created Alternia, the world that most of the Hivebent troll arc in Homestuck takes place in and where the twelve main trolls eventually played Sgrub and won. Signless's story happens about a thousand sweeps before that.
Alternian trolls are born as grubs in brooding caverns and must fight their way to the surface and a non-troll caretaker called a lusus that will raise them. The Signless, because of Sgrub shenanigans, arrived on the planet via meteor instead. Due to his mutant red blood, he had neither a sign to designate his caste (all trolls of all castes have a personal sign) or any lusus that would want him. He would have died as a grub if not for a troll called the Dolorosa, a jadeblood who left her post as a caretaker of the mother grub and instead adopted him to raise as her own, something very unusual for a troll to do. She raised him in the wild deserts of Alternia and away from society because unlike Beforus, Alternia was a cruel and difficult place for anyone to live, 'different' or otherwise. If he had been found he would have been killed immediately for being genetically impure and unable to offer anything to the continuation of the race.
As he grew, the Signless began to have visions of his life as Kankri on Beforus, as dreams and sudden flashes of memory. It's heavily implied that his powers from the game related to his in-game title of Seer of Blood are behind this. Knowing that troll society could be peaceful and loving, he began to tell stories of a better life and a better culture, where longer-lived and more-powerful highbloods protected and respected lowbloods and everyone lived in harmony in a world where blood color and caste existed but weren't cause for hatred and oppression. Soon he had a following, including the Psiioniic (a yellowblood with psychic powers who escaped a life of slavery to join his cause) and the Disciple (an oliveblood with whom he shared a very deep and loving relationship, and who recorded his teachings for future generations), who traveled with him and the Dolorosa. All three of them were reincarnations of trolls who had played the game on Beforus with Kankri, as were many others he had contact with over the sweeps.
As he spoke to more and more trolls and more and more of them began to listen, things began to get a little out of control. He had only intended to preach philosophy and change minds, because of course the best way to change society is to change societal norms. But as the movement grew beyond just his three close followers and into a scattered planet-wide army of impassioned lowbloods (and some very few highbloods) who wanted more immediate change, it became clear that that approach wasn't going to work. The trolls all looked to him for leadership and even if a revolution wasn't what he'd intended to create, he could hardly leave them without support.
This is about when the ruler of the Alternian Empire got fed up with what she saw as the very strong beginnings of a people's rebellion and ordered the Signless to be executed and therefore silenced. He was captured, shackled with burning manacles, and executed publicly before his followers as a show of the Empire's force. It was then that his love for his people and hope for a better future turned to rage and despair, and he died angry and cursing those that once again wouldn't listen to him. It was especially painful because many of those closely involved, including the Alternian Empress herself, were reincarnations of people he had known as Kankri, people he still cared for even if he knew their Alternian selves were not their Beforan selves.
I'll be taking him from before his execution; he won't yet know it's going to happen.
Personality: First, let me explain a little about my basis for the Signless's personality, since we see very little of him in canon. Most of the troll 'families' have similarities (the Serkets are all self-congratulatory and long-winded and dangerous, the Maryams are all nurturing with good fashion sense and the ability to kick your ass six ways from Sunday if you fuck with someone they love) and the Vantas trolls are the same way. We see with Karkat and Kankri that they're both very stubborn about being right about things, they both lead (or attempt to lead) their fellow trolls and desperately want to be respected for their contributions, their lives are both marked by wanting acceptance and to be viewed as 'normal people', they strongly fear failure and tend to internalize guilt and beat themselves up about their failings, and romance factors heavily in both of their lives in different ways. I tried to draw on these things and show how they came through for Signless too, and just like Karkat and Kankri, how they may be displayed differently in his life because of the differences in his circumstances and theirs.
The Signless is a friendly troll, in itself something of a oxymoron. Because he was raised by a loving troll mother, something no other troll could ever claim, and because of his memories of Beforus, the Signless believes that all trolls have the capacity for good even if they may not display it or have had it beaten down under Alternia's social norms. In a society where trolls are actively encouraged to be violent and anti-social except in terms of producing more trolls and serving the Empress, the Signless's 'treat others as you would like to be treated' attitude is a singularly strange one, but he still tries to see everyone as a person, first. He doesn't necessarily believe that the highblood who's killing a lowblood for fun is a good person, but he understands that a good part of the reason they're doing it is because society has told them that's what's right and good and encouraged , and in a society where being a Good Troll is so important, what else can they really do?
He's not naïve, however. Alternia is a dangerous place, especially for someone with no sign and mutant blood like him. He's inherently less trustful of those in positions of power, and doesn't feel comfortable staying in any one place for too long. This is partially because he feels it his duty to spread his word as far as possible, especially now that so many trolls look up to him and rely on him to provide them with comfort and hope, and partially simply because he knows if he presents an easy target he will eventually be captured and killed along with those that follow him. Though he believes a world of respect and compassion is possible, he also understands that it isn't the current reality, and that just believing that that band of highbloods has the capacity for good doesn't mean he should walk right up and say hi without expecting to get smacked.
He's also strange in his romantic habits. Most trolls divide their relationships into four quadrants, and are with only one partner in each (except for ashen quadrant, which involves two partners), but the Signless tends to want multiple people in the same quadrant or the same person in multiple quadrants or parts of quadrants mashed up with parts of other quadrants. He views them more as a guideline than the rule. Basically, he's a big fat troll queer, and because he'd never be asked to contribute to the genetic slurry for the next generation anyway because of his genetic abnormality and because he lived in hiding, he never worried enough about quadrants to worry about doing them 'properly'. So long as he and whoever he's with are happy, he figures that's enough. Also strictly-enforced quadrants and pail-filling and punishment for not following either one are the tools of a corrupt society to control its citizens through sex, making romance more an obligation than something to be enjoyed, and he can't be having with that. Or with pails. Pails are just a tangible symbol of the same corrupt system.
The Signless is very well-spoken, a good skill for someone who preaches and one he likely inherited from his well-spoken adoptive mother. He's patient in conversation and it takes quite a lot to get him frustrated, even if he knows he's right. You catch more buzzbeasts with honey than with vinegar, after all (this isn't to say he's nothing but sweet -- like all Vantases, he has some sass to him, it just comes out mostly with people he's familiar with). If he sees an injustice being committed he will almost always speak up, even if it may put him in danger to do so. He is a pacifist who is deeply opposed to killing (excluding hunting small prey animals, because the Dolorosa wasn't going to raise a son who couldn't take care of himself in the wild), and very much prefers convincing a person of his position by logic rather than force. Of course, most other trolls on Alternia are the opposite. He's already resigned himself to eventual death, either because of his preaching or his blood, and he's prepared to die for his cause if it comes to that.
Like the other Vantas trolls, the Signless is stubborn, especially when he thinks he's right about something. He's prone to being petulant when he feels as though he's being ignored or talked over, and the more familiar he is with someone the more likely they are to see that more human side of him. He is, after all, just one troll, and there's only so loving and compassionate and selfless he can be: if that's all he ever allowed himself to be, it would probably kill him. This is why, while he's dedicated to speaking out against wrongs there are times when he keeps quiet, particularly when the people who might face retribution for direct action include people other than himself. His top priority is keeping as many trolls as possible safe, and sometimes that means he can't save them all. What he's doing isn't exactly easy, and he's very well-aware that he's going up against a very well-established system and will most likely fail, and sometimes that hits him harder than others. Luckily being as stubborn as he is about his own views means he's prepared to take that risk if it means he might have a chance of also succeeding. Having to see other trolls harmed just strengthens his resolve to get something done about the system as a whole.
Though, deep down, there is the potential for him to snap entirely. This happens in canon at his execution, when he utters the Vast Expletive and his love and hope turns to rage and despair. He wants so very badly not to fail those he cares about (in this case, most every oppressed troll on Alternia) much in the way that Kankri failed his fellow players in the game by not being a good enough leader, or the way Karkat so badly feared he would fail his fellow players as well. Finding out about the things that happened after his death, which he's pretty much guaranteed to in-game, is going to be difficult for him – it probably won't prompt an immediate snap, but he will need support.
He's also heavily influenced by his memories of Kankri and Beforus and the previous game session -- It's said in canon that he told of another Signless who would come and bring the end of the world, which refers to his descendent and that he would play the game, meaning he must have known about it. I play Signless as having good memories of his life on Beforus, with memories that are fuzzier once he enters the game. He remembers interpersonal things much better than he does game mechanics: he could tell you about the time Meenah baked them all a cake, or when they made the deal to reset the session, but he couldn't tell you about how grist worked or what everyone's lands were called.
The important thing is that not only does he know what troll society could look like if it were happier and more equal and have bringing that about to motivate him, he also knows how not to go about inciting social change thanks to seeing Kankri in action. He used the lessons of Kankri's failings as an effective guide, and it paid off for him: all of the trolls from Kankri's time are available for interaction in the shared universal afterlife and many of them say that they are or are implied to be fans of the Signless's work on Alternia. One, Aranea, says point-blank that he became a true leader because of the memories that Kankri passed on to him. And, of course, you have the proof in his huge following that lasted well after his execution and into 'present day' canon Alternia, albeit in secret.
But why strive for social change at all? Why rebel against such a deeply-ingrained Empire and risk execution and torture? Basically, the Signless cares. He cares a lot. He hates to see suffering where he doesn't think suffering needs to exist, and that's just about everywhere. He's deeply saddened seeing what his world and especially his 'friends' from Kankri's time have become in some cases (because of him and his choices in the Beforan session, no less, so there's a nice big helping of guilt there), as well as being determined to protect those he knows in this life as his found family. Unlike most trolls, who accept degradation and pain as part of their lives, the Signless is a firm believer in fighting actively for something better.
Abilities/Weaknesses: The Signless, unlike some trolls, doesn't have any actual powers. His body is sturdier than a human's and his eyesight in the dark is better, but that's about it.
As for weaknesses, Signless is built for survival and endurance, not fighting, and he's small becausehe's a Vantas he grew up malnourished from sweeps of hard living in the desert. Not only is he not built for fighting but he actively refuses to do it, so if someone wanted to hurt him, they could expect virtually no resistance except for attempts at dodging/getting away. He's also not terribly good about keeping his mouth shut when he sees someone doing something he doesn't like, which can potentially get him into a lot of trouble if the person doing the thing he doesn't like is violent and/or has the power to punish him for speaking out.
RP Samples: Thread with Kankri on the first test-drive meme.
Prose Sample:
It had taken the Signless a while to get through all the fine print on the shitty contract on the shitty desk in the shitty room they'd put him in, but it had been enough to convince him that the deal offered definitely wasn't worth it. He'd been getting along just fine for fourteen sweeps without any powers to speak of and he certainly didn't need any now, even if they did come with a free tattoo.
That left him with the task of getting out of the castle, which turned out to be exactly as labyrinthine as the contract had been. Several times he opened doors that lead to nowhere or went up staircases that ended in dead ends, which was actually vastly preferable to the times he opened doors that lead to wild orgies which he had to hastily and apolgetically back out of. Not that he minded sex, of course, but his mother had always taught him to respect the privacy of others and not to barge in on things to which one was not invited.
And then of course people started showing up in the hallways due to some of the orgies spilling over and instead of respecting people's privacy he had to wade through large swathes of naked bodies, spouting apologies and hoping fervently he didn't trip, because he had a feeling he'd never be able to resurface if he did. If anything, most of them seemed more sad he couldn't stay than annoyed at him for interrupting.
"I'm very sorry I can't stay, I'll come back, if I can," he found himself saying, and realized he'd just sort-of-promised a (admittedly very nice) complete stranger some nebulous future orgy out of sheer politeness. He had to get out of this Castle before he filled up his entire schedule for the foreseeable future.
Name: Inkwell
Timezone: Central Time
Personal Journal:
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Characters in Game (previously too): Previously Signless, for a very very short amount of time.
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: The Signless (Kankri Vantas)
Canon: Homestuck
Gender: Male
Age: 14 solar sweeps / about 30 in human years
Suitability: N/A
Species: Homestuck Troll
Genitalia: Tentabulge/nook combination, tentabulge tucked away when not aroused. Kind of prehensile in exchange for being kind of hard to control with any degree of accuracy beyond 'grab thing and squeeze'. Bright obnoxious red with cute lil spots down both sides, longer than a human dick (about nine inches).
Canon Point: Pre-execution, maybe about half a sweep off.
World/Setting: N/A
History: Before the Signless was Signless, he was Kankri Vantas in an entirely different iteration of his universe on a planet aptly called 'Beforus'. Kankri was loud, obnoxious, and obsessive about social justice in a misguided but well-meaning way. As a mutant-blooded troll whose blood color fell outside the usual hemospectrum, he was inevitably treated differently than his peers, something that made him uncomfortable and effected his personality negatively. Even if it wasn't necessarily negative treatment in Beforus's very peaceful and loving society, being seen more like a sheltered pet than an actual person wasn't something Kankri enjoyed.
When he and eleven of his friends played Sgrub, a computer game that ends the world and pulls the players into the game in order to create a new universe, they found themselves woefully unprepared because of their predominantly nonviolent society and because of inter-player issues. Kankri attempted to lead, but no one really took him seriously because of his overbearing nature. Eventually, the group decided to 'scratch', or reset the game and their own universe in order to give another group of players a better chance at winning.
This reset created Alternia, the world that most of the Hivebent troll arc in Homestuck takes place in and where the twelve main trolls eventually played Sgrub and won. Signless's story happens about a thousand sweeps before that.
Alternian trolls are born as grubs in brooding caverns and must fight their way to the surface and a non-troll caretaker called a lusus that will raise them. The Signless, because of Sgrub shenanigans, arrived on the planet via meteor instead. Due to his mutant red blood, he had neither a sign to designate his caste (all trolls of all castes have a personal sign) or any lusus that would want him. He would have died as a grub if not for a troll called the Dolorosa, a jadeblood who left her post as a caretaker of the mother grub and instead adopted him to raise as her own, something very unusual for a troll to do. She raised him in the wild deserts of Alternia and away from society because unlike Beforus, Alternia was a cruel and difficult place for anyone to live, 'different' or otherwise. If he had been found he would have been killed immediately for being genetically impure and unable to offer anything to the continuation of the race.
As he grew, the Signless began to have visions of his life as Kankri on Beforus, as dreams and sudden flashes of memory. It's heavily implied that his powers from the game related to his in-game title of Seer of Blood are behind this. Knowing that troll society could be peaceful and loving, he began to tell stories of a better life and a better culture, where longer-lived and more-powerful highbloods protected and respected lowbloods and everyone lived in harmony in a world where blood color and caste existed but weren't cause for hatred and oppression. Soon he had a following, including the Psiioniic (a yellowblood with psychic powers who escaped a life of slavery to join his cause) and the Disciple (an oliveblood with whom he shared a very deep and loving relationship, and who recorded his teachings for future generations), who traveled with him and the Dolorosa. All three of them were reincarnations of trolls who had played the game on Beforus with Kankri, as were many others he had contact with over the sweeps.
As he spoke to more and more trolls and more and more of them began to listen, things began to get a little out of control. He had only intended to preach philosophy and change minds, because of course the best way to change society is to change societal norms. But as the movement grew beyond just his three close followers and into a scattered planet-wide army of impassioned lowbloods (and some very few highbloods) who wanted more immediate change, it became clear that that approach wasn't going to work. The trolls all looked to him for leadership and even if a revolution wasn't what he'd intended to create, he could hardly leave them without support.
This is about when the ruler of the Alternian Empire got fed up with what she saw as the very strong beginnings of a people's rebellion and ordered the Signless to be executed and therefore silenced. He was captured, shackled with burning manacles, and executed publicly before his followers as a show of the Empire's force. It was then that his love for his people and hope for a better future turned to rage and despair, and he died angry and cursing those that once again wouldn't listen to him. It was especially painful because many of those closely involved, including the Alternian Empress herself, were reincarnations of people he had known as Kankri, people he still cared for even if he knew their Alternian selves were not their Beforan selves.
I'll be taking him from before his execution; he won't yet know it's going to happen.
Personality: First, let me explain a little about my basis for the Signless's personality, since we see very little of him in canon. Most of the troll 'families' have similarities (the Serkets are all self-congratulatory and long-winded and dangerous, the Maryams are all nurturing with good fashion sense and the ability to kick your ass six ways from Sunday if you fuck with someone they love) and the Vantas trolls are the same way. We see with Karkat and Kankri that they're both very stubborn about being right about things, they both lead (or attempt to lead) their fellow trolls and desperately want to be respected for their contributions, their lives are both marked by wanting acceptance and to be viewed as 'normal people', they strongly fear failure and tend to internalize guilt and beat themselves up about their failings, and romance factors heavily in both of their lives in different ways. I tried to draw on these things and show how they came through for Signless too, and just like Karkat and Kankri, how they may be displayed differently in his life because of the differences in his circumstances and theirs.
The Signless is a friendly troll, in itself something of a oxymoron. Because he was raised by a loving troll mother, something no other troll could ever claim, and because of his memories of Beforus, the Signless believes that all trolls have the capacity for good even if they may not display it or have had it beaten down under Alternia's social norms. In a society where trolls are actively encouraged to be violent and anti-social except in terms of producing more trolls and serving the Empress, the Signless's 'treat others as you would like to be treated' attitude is a singularly strange one, but he still tries to see everyone as a person, first. He doesn't necessarily believe that the highblood who's killing a lowblood for fun is a good person, but he understands that a good part of the reason they're doing it is because society has told them that's what's right and good and encouraged , and in a society where being a Good Troll is so important, what else can they really do?
He's not naïve, however. Alternia is a dangerous place, especially for someone with no sign and mutant blood like him. He's inherently less trustful of those in positions of power, and doesn't feel comfortable staying in any one place for too long. This is partially because he feels it his duty to spread his word as far as possible, especially now that so many trolls look up to him and rely on him to provide them with comfort and hope, and partially simply because he knows if he presents an easy target he will eventually be captured and killed along with those that follow him. Though he believes a world of respect and compassion is possible, he also understands that it isn't the current reality, and that just believing that that band of highbloods has the capacity for good doesn't mean he should walk right up and say hi without expecting to get smacked.
He's also strange in his romantic habits. Most trolls divide their relationships into four quadrants, and are with only one partner in each (except for ashen quadrant, which involves two partners), but the Signless tends to want multiple people in the same quadrant or the same person in multiple quadrants or parts of quadrants mashed up with parts of other quadrants. He views them more as a guideline than the rule. Basically, he's a big fat troll queer, and because he'd never be asked to contribute to the genetic slurry for the next generation anyway because of his genetic abnormality and because he lived in hiding, he never worried enough about quadrants to worry about doing them 'properly'. So long as he and whoever he's with are happy, he figures that's enough. Also strictly-enforced quadrants and pail-filling and punishment for not following either one are the tools of a corrupt society to control its citizens through sex, making romance more an obligation than something to be enjoyed, and he can't be having with that. Or with pails. Pails are just a tangible symbol of the same corrupt system.
The Signless is very well-spoken, a good skill for someone who preaches and one he likely inherited from his well-spoken adoptive mother. He's patient in conversation and it takes quite a lot to get him frustrated, even if he knows he's right. You catch more buzzbeasts with honey than with vinegar, after all (this isn't to say he's nothing but sweet -- like all Vantases, he has some sass to him, it just comes out mostly with people he's familiar with). If he sees an injustice being committed he will almost always speak up, even if it may put him in danger to do so. He is a pacifist who is deeply opposed to killing (excluding hunting small prey animals, because the Dolorosa wasn't going to raise a son who couldn't take care of himself in the wild), and very much prefers convincing a person of his position by logic rather than force. Of course, most other trolls on Alternia are the opposite. He's already resigned himself to eventual death, either because of his preaching or his blood, and he's prepared to die for his cause if it comes to that.
Like the other Vantas trolls, the Signless is stubborn, especially when he thinks he's right about something. He's prone to being petulant when he feels as though he's being ignored or talked over, and the more familiar he is with someone the more likely they are to see that more human side of him. He is, after all, just one troll, and there's only so loving and compassionate and selfless he can be: if that's all he ever allowed himself to be, it would probably kill him. This is why, while he's dedicated to speaking out against wrongs there are times when he keeps quiet, particularly when the people who might face retribution for direct action include people other than himself. His top priority is keeping as many trolls as possible safe, and sometimes that means he can't save them all. What he's doing isn't exactly easy, and he's very well-aware that he's going up against a very well-established system and will most likely fail, and sometimes that hits him harder than others. Luckily being as stubborn as he is about his own views means he's prepared to take that risk if it means he might have a chance of also succeeding. Having to see other trolls harmed just strengthens his resolve to get something done about the system as a whole.
Though, deep down, there is the potential for him to snap entirely. This happens in canon at his execution, when he utters the Vast Expletive and his love and hope turns to rage and despair. He wants so very badly not to fail those he cares about (in this case, most every oppressed troll on Alternia) much in the way that Kankri failed his fellow players in the game by not being a good enough leader, or the way Karkat so badly feared he would fail his fellow players as well. Finding out about the things that happened after his death, which he's pretty much guaranteed to in-game, is going to be difficult for him – it probably won't prompt an immediate snap, but he will need support.
He's also heavily influenced by his memories of Kankri and Beforus and the previous game session -- It's said in canon that he told of another Signless who would come and bring the end of the world, which refers to his descendent and that he would play the game, meaning he must have known about it. I play Signless as having good memories of his life on Beforus, with memories that are fuzzier once he enters the game. He remembers interpersonal things much better than he does game mechanics: he could tell you about the time Meenah baked them all a cake, or when they made the deal to reset the session, but he couldn't tell you about how grist worked or what everyone's lands were called.
The important thing is that not only does he know what troll society could look like if it were happier and more equal and have bringing that about to motivate him, he also knows how not to go about inciting social change thanks to seeing Kankri in action. He used the lessons of Kankri's failings as an effective guide, and it paid off for him: all of the trolls from Kankri's time are available for interaction in the shared universal afterlife and many of them say that they are or are implied to be fans of the Signless's work on Alternia. One, Aranea, says point-blank that he became a true leader because of the memories that Kankri passed on to him. And, of course, you have the proof in his huge following that lasted well after his execution and into 'present day' canon Alternia, albeit in secret.
But why strive for social change at all? Why rebel against such a deeply-ingrained Empire and risk execution and torture? Basically, the Signless cares. He cares a lot. He hates to see suffering where he doesn't think suffering needs to exist, and that's just about everywhere. He's deeply saddened seeing what his world and especially his 'friends' from Kankri's time have become in some cases (because of him and his choices in the Beforan session, no less, so there's a nice big helping of guilt there), as well as being determined to protect those he knows in this life as his found family. Unlike most trolls, who accept degradation and pain as part of their lives, the Signless is a firm believer in fighting actively for something better.
Abilities/Weaknesses: The Signless, unlike some trolls, doesn't have any actual powers. His body is sturdier than a human's and his eyesight in the dark is better, but that's about it.
As for weaknesses, Signless is built for survival and endurance, not fighting, and he's small because
RP Samples: Thread with Kankri on the first test-drive meme.
Prose Sample:
It had taken the Signless a while to get through all the fine print on the shitty contract on the shitty desk in the shitty room they'd put him in, but it had been enough to convince him that the deal offered definitely wasn't worth it. He'd been getting along just fine for fourteen sweeps without any powers to speak of and he certainly didn't need any now, even if they did come with a free tattoo.
That left him with the task of getting out of the castle, which turned out to be exactly as labyrinthine as the contract had been. Several times he opened doors that lead to nowhere or went up staircases that ended in dead ends, which was actually vastly preferable to the times he opened doors that lead to wild orgies which he had to hastily and apolgetically back out of. Not that he minded sex, of course, but his mother had always taught him to respect the privacy of others and not to barge in on things to which one was not invited.
And then of course people started showing up in the hallways due to some of the orgies spilling over and instead of respecting people's privacy he had to wade through large swathes of naked bodies, spouting apologies and hoping fervently he didn't trip, because he had a feeling he'd never be able to resurface if he did. If anything, most of them seemed more sad he couldn't stay than annoyed at him for interrupting.
"I'm very sorry I can't stay, I'll come back, if I can," he found himself saying, and realized he'd just sort-of-promised a (admittedly very nice) complete stranger some nebulous future orgy out of sheer politeness. He had to get out of this Castle before he filled up his entire schedule for the foreseeable future.